76. 
CALCULATING PRICES OF TEAK. 
In Siam the teak dealers have adopted a basis of 
calculation, the so-called Pikat Standard. The Pikat is 
not a cubic measure nor a measurement in length. The 
Pikat is an individual value assigned to logs and 
graduating according to the length and girth of the log. 
The Pikat Standard places a comparative higher price -a 
sort of a premium-upon long logs of timber. Therefore, 
the price per cubic measure of a long log is higher than 
of a short one. In order to find the value of a log the 
appended table headed “Standard Pikat Rates” may be 
used. The current Pikat rates may be multiplied by the 
figure on the table corresponding to the wah and kam to 
the log. 
EXAMPLE :—(a.) A bargain has been made of 1 
log 5 wah and 6 kam, at 13 pikat; in the Pikat list the 
value 3 Tes. is found in the column corresponding to 5 
wah and 6 kams. This is the price at 1 pikat at 13 pikat 
3 x 138 =39 Tes, 
(b.) A contractor offers to drag with his elephants 
a number of logs from a certain place in the forest to 
the stream at 3 pikat. There are: 
10 logs 3 Wah 10 Kam. 
20 4 oO a 8 9 
40 ry] 6 ” 6 ” 
SOLUTION :—Find the rate of one Pikat. 
3 Wah 10 Kam= 5 Tes. 10 Logs = 50 Tes, 
5 ” 8 3 = 6 ” 20 3 = 120 ” 
6 45 6 , =4 , 40 , =160 , 
Price 330 Tes, 
230 x 8 = 990 Tes. price at 3 pikat, the value of his 
work, ; 
